WAIAATAH. THEnE is nothing of importance to chronicla thisaweek. The tunnel is working very well. A man named Murdock met with an acci dent in the Waratah. pit on Monday last. While following his work, a fall of coal came downipqon hini severely crushiihg one of his arms and bruising his shoulder, so much so Ithat he was compelled to leave_work, and will not be bale to commence work again for some time. Dr. Hill dressed his injuries. June 30, 1874.

NEW LAMBTON. TuRn question of turning away bords at the Lambton colliery, of which we have heard so much lately, seem to have been treated as a very trifling matter, by both the manager and some of the men at the meeting, when the committee gave the report of their interview. It seems that the committee were placed in rather an awkward position, for the manager could not believe that they were in earnest in asking such a triling thing as 2d. per ton extra for working three men in a place, and 5e. per yard for catting out narrow bords. The request was of such a trifling and insig nificant nature that he thought they had come for two or three hours pleasant eonversation, rather than to discuss such a trifling matter, which on the one hand was not worth giving and.on the other not worth receiving. We will see whether the delegates will take the same view of it when they meet on Thursday. I thidnk not. And perhaps it will grow more into the favour of the Lambtoai manager and men when th...

BOREHOLE -MUTUAL BENEFIT SOCIETY. Thequarterly meeting of the members of the above society washerdinM'rs; M'Auliffe's Inn, Bull-street, Newcastle, on Saturday last, at two p.m. There was a very large attendance. Mr. JamPs Duke in the chair. T1e minutes of-the previous meeting were read and confirmed. The balance-sheet for the last quarter was then submitted and unanimously adopted. The Chairman then informed the meeti.ng that the rules of the society had been regis tered under the Friendly Society's Act. The rules were then ordered to be printed. The next business was the election of officers for ensuing quarter, which resulted as follows : Secretary, Mr. James Read; Treasurer, Mr. Wmin. Hunter, for twelve months. The Medical Cbmriittee were also seclected. .. Sick Visitors, as follows :-Newcasle, Mr. J. Cheeseworthy; Hamilton, Mr. C. Perters; Whickham, Mr. G. Young; Pottery, Mr. B. Boohan; Bur.vood, Mr. J. Windsor; Glebe, Mr. Joseph Orr; Commonage, Mr. Jabiz Canvin. C e . The meeti...

WORit AND WAGES. Ara lIargely attended meetina o the'e conal! owners of Durham, held in the Wood Memo rial iTll, Newcastle, on Saturday, a reductidn of 20 per cent. in miners' wages was resolved upon, the masters 'feeling such a reduction: imperaitively necessary in face of the great_ declie in the;prices of coal. ' This resolution was of course at once communicated to thb agents .of..the men inr each country. The communication to Mr Burt, as the chiefofficero of the Northumberland Association, reads as' follows1: - Newcastle-on-Tyne, March 21, 1874. Thomas Burt.; Esq.. : P .. . Dear" Sir,?I am desired to inform you thht, at ,a gneral meeting hildto-day, it was unanimosl resolved : " That the Association claim that tie; ?eneral advance made on wages paid for colliery labour, above and below, groundl,' in' PFehruary and March, 1878, be taken offT, and 'that the reduction be made in' the pays after thoselunding 'the 18thand 25th' of Aprilas The currezt pays may require."? -I am? dear....

HIAMlILTONT.I THE men at this colliery are' determined at last to do away with the night shift. This night shift system has long-been considered to be an evil, and has .been the cause of much unpleasantness. and dissatisfaction among the men. There is hardly ever a meeting that there is not some dispute brought forward bhdtween the night and day shift men, either for the night mne filling coals belonging to the day men, or changing tokens, or something else occasioned by this system. There are many other evils in con nection with it, but, however, the men have determined to 'put' an end'to it, and have given the manager six week's notice to do away with the night shift, or further steps will be taken by the men themselves.

WVIIT?I COAL. The Curcour Chroickle of June 27 says that a statement has boeec going the rounds of the English press respecting la remarkable discovery of white coal in Australia. Thel SLS'HlntLii A?mericca has copied the paragraph, which thus bids fair to ,pappear wherever the Enrglish language is spoken. If such m discovery has been ilade (which we do not believe) 'e- have never seen an account of it in any Australian paper. Thie following is the paragraph : -" A new kind of foul has lately been discovered on the Auftralian continent, which has.reeievcd the name of whitte cotl. It consists of felted vegetable fibres, likdlrpagt, which contain, interspersed between theum, fine graThs..f sand. 'it is easily combustible, and burns with a i'"lht fI ne. Tile white coal covers large tracts, irrqurin no mining, and is already uted in large quaintities as fuel." Have any of our readers heard of this substance?

"_r .,t«~,_._: .. .. - UEiLT GIOUS. :Eyndvertisementi clsewhere it will" be seel IalZv .tanivei'sary:services;in connection with thlle-Prini tive,.llloMhodist Siubbath School, Lamibton, will l, lield iii the Rtechabtio. i Tall,. to-morrow (Sunday), when sermons will be preached-in the morning anid evening by Mrs. Waters, afterlloon by, R?ev: Ii. Koeiny. On the following-Monday a ten and pIublic meeting will be held.-Anniversary services in con nection with the United Methodist Free Church, WVallsend, will also be held to-morrow, when scr mons will be preached in the morning and evening by the lRev. J. Wc?tncott, anil in the evening by Mr. 1V. Willis ; and on the Monday following a tea and public meeting will take place.

,TOSi PHSON'S . AUSTRALIANt 4 OINTMENT. Standard Oiittuent of New South S The Australian Ointment has now.been .befo e the public for seven years, has stood tle public test, an ha lis proved itself the best aril purest -and most universally u.eful Ointment ever yet known.: It is coomposed of plants iintural to this colony, and can only be made here,. as the materials grow nowhere else, therefore the Australian Ointment Must be the Standard of New South Wales, and stand; un::ivalled. The wonderful cures' it has ciltched, i.chi is proved by the following testi moniala f'.'a partiea of u:c.uubted respectability, :m'i wi'. ~.anl at onc ie i c,,ni nticated with, and tihe lar'geo and daily incr'easing deanidil, prove it to be still Iro-uuminent over, an'ything of the.kind yet .known2. Tife Anttrulimn Ointment is of a ' PUIL C-?LUEEN COLOCTIR," ti; natural extract or the pilaits fronl which it ia lmade, and'totally free from anuy alnd all ,eluhtc rinou and poisonous pro parties. ;£000.000 ...

* Iiitended IDenonistriition. hiud' tke Pay Friday, Suggestion. As will be seen from our ,rolport, of the eDelegato meeting pheld &amp;lt; at ILambton; on` ~1'hirsday last,t, ts was decided' to -hold -the' demonstration advocated byus in our, issues of the 24th ilt. 'dnd the 1st inst., respecting the shipping facilities at the port of New castle, on!payg Siiturday, '16thW#August next. This step.'wecosiderd a very wise on'e,,and not too premature,:?,f By that. tiie aniple' arrangemenrtspi ban.etmade toj ;have ;gany' matters of portance t ttie- disti't fairl' ventilated,: and theni.brought forward in due" form for confiruration.: .It is also probable that Parliament will meet about. the end of :August, or the beginning of September, and' "'through the anticipated united action of the ''masters antd' the miiieis at the' aggregate 'meeting referred to- resolutions and p'eti ,tions will be properly diawn up, confirmed, -and numerously :signed for presentatiion iminoediatly 'after the...

SGas Company for Vall?seld. -Tnr'effdrti'fof the promoters of the proposed enew. Gas Cooinpiny at Newcastle bid fair to berci~dwned with success. We wish them this, upon the b .rad groiind tha't d2iN althy competition witl{ini rcei&amp;lt;J'mn treasonable limits -conducted with enterprise and in thgeice- A geAonerallj, ~found to meet, a great publio want, and at the same time to ?.warid those wihu,eil'nge ,iuit. The veryv nibov?',ent is anu ~incication of a want in such a case as this; and, provided that the 'gieri' desider'atum is accomplished ,-that is, not only barelysodfficient, butfihiple 'hconm modation, for ;the; loading, of coal iwith reasohable despatcih,-it is iiard to say how exotensive the demand and s pply iiay become for all thQeconcomitants of bivilikatibl The establishmerit of a manufacturing industry has an interest beyond that which con suniers.may take in it ivhose wvarits are met, and beyond that which the promoters may take in it, whose immediate:object'iS a...